Major Carnage 3D

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I-play's 3D space shooter is shaping up nicely. New screens!

By Levi Buchanan

He may look like Buzz Lightyear on a 'roid bender, but Major Carnage is the last hope for mankind. The spaceman is opening an ass-kicketeria and the entire Wolfmarl Horde is invited for a six-course meal. This 3D shooter is a pure actioner, a twitch game set is a cosmos full of snarling targets where you must shoot, shoot, shoot everything that moves in order to survive to the next level.

Major Carnage 3D features all the good things shooter fans want from a game in this category, including big boss encounters. These screen-filling nasties look like classic 16-bit baddies cast in 3D, complete with weapons and tactics that I-play promises is fueled by sophisticated AI. (However, we all know how boss encounters are ultimately undone -- memorize a pattern, exploit a weakness.)

Each of the six levels, such as sci-fi cityscapes and planetfall wastelands, has also been fully rendered in 3D. The scrolling technique ushers the world past you smoothly, something seen in the trench level that looks like a mildly friendlier Death Star run.

I-play is unleashing this roughneck mobile hero this fall on 3D-enabled handsets. We'll be back then with the full review, but in the meantime, look at these new screens of the Major. We made sure to include a smattering of fanny shots. Because if there's anything you readers a re clamoring for, it's mobile beefcake.